THE LATEST IN OIL SANDS NEWS: 

Sen. Ed Markey and Rep. Earl Blumenauer introduced legislation to close a loophole allowing oil sands crude to be exempt from taxes used to fund oil spill clean-ups. The bill would add oil derived from oil sands and oil shale to the definition of crude oil, making it eligible for taxation under the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, according to a release from Blumenauer's office. The legislation is supported by a number of environmental groups.

 Read the bill text here.

Hundreds of activist groups also urged the Biden administration on Monday to revoke permits enabling the Line 3 pipeline to go through Minnesota, contending it would be a threat to water, Indigenous rights and the local environment.

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